>turning your computer off at night

when your computer is off, it's actually using a little tiny trickle of electricity to see if you press the power button

when your computer is hibernating, it's actually using a little tiny trickle of electricity to see if you press the power button or anything on the keyboard

>>323972276
Some people don't have mommy and daddy to pay their electric bills.

>>323972878
yeah but your computer isn't really using any more electricity when it's shut itself down than when you shut it down

>>323972276
I used to keep mine on. Then I realised there's no fucking point in doing so. 'It'll last longer', who gives a toss. 5 years and it's outdated enough that it's time to replace the whole cunt anyway. So now I save electricity and keep my home cooler.

Besides, most people are Windowsfags which means they'd have to reboot every day to stop their piece of shit OS from slowing to a crawl.

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>>323972276
I know.

>>323972276
What's the benefit to keeping it on?

>>323972276
That's why after you turn it off you disconnect it from the wall

DISCONNECT EVERYTHING FROM THE WALL

>>323972276
i do. And i also disconnect it. Wouldn't wanna wake up to my house in flames.

i can't sleep unless it's nearly completely silent and dark

>>323973258
Or you could just flick your PSUs switch

>>323973305
Opposite for me. I need at least a fan or something on when I'm trying to sleep.

>>323972609
you're mixing up hibernate and sleep.
hibernate means that the contents of RAM are saved to disk and the computer turns off.
in sleep components are kept in a very low power state

>>323973305
I know that feel.

>I always use sleep because I don't have the patience to wait for the PC to boot up after a shut down.

>>323973258
I do that, but only because I live in a flood-prone shed and I don't want my power boards submersed.

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>>323972276
Mommy and daddy don't pay my electricity bill faggot. Also I like total silence when I sleep

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>It is now safe to turn off the computer

Mine's in my room and the fans are too loud without headphones on. I'm too lazy to fix that problem, but it's why I turn it off.

>>323973305
same dude lmao

>>323972276
>want to save a couple bucks per year?
>turn your pc off

>want to save 15 seconds not having to boot?
>put it on sleep

I haven't shut down a PC in years

>>323973516
>Windowsfags
If your OS takes more than 2 seconds to get from bootloader to login screen it's time to switch.

I can't sleep unless that asshole is shut down, for some reason I can sleep virtually anywhere no matter how loud it is except for my own bed.

I've never safely removed a USB device, AMA!

I shut off my computer every time I leave the house.

>>323972276
What if I'm using a laptop

>>323972276
I use an SSD and cold boot in 10 seconds. Why would I leave it on for my bitcoin apps to potentially become botnets?

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>owning a computer
>sitting behind a desk as a fat virgin neet
>not being a mobile pussy-smashing master race

Stay a disgrace to the white race neo/v/eddit.

My PC boots in a few seconds anyway. Literally no reason to leave it on

>>323973469
I also do that, but I want to sleep like a normal person. Everytime I'm in the dark and it's completely silent, I start to hear voices and overthink my life. Truly life is hell

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>>323972276
>keeping your computer on when you're not going to use it for 1+ hours
aside from downloads, for what purpose?

I can't access my desktop from my tablet in bed to watch my chinese cartoons if I turn it off, now can I?

It's the flickering LED that I can't stand. Apparently some mobo BIOSes have an option to turn it off, but I'm shit out of luck on that front.

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My computer has fucking bright blue LEDs. Try sleeping with that shit on, faggot.

>>323973897
>Implying there's anyone not downloading 24/7

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>he keeps his PC and his bed on the same room

every second electricity runs into your computer you are creating needless heat that escapes into the universe as entropy

you are actively killing the universe by accelerating its heat death you fuck

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>>323973305
>>323973469
i knew both of those feelings but nowadays i have to absolute silence to sleep at night

>links related: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-395896/Rooney-I-just-sleep-Hoover-on.html
>http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/my-strange-addiction/videos/sleeping-with-a-blow-dryer/

>>323973305
I have tinnitus, I must have noise in the background.

>>323973258

seriously guys, you don't want to get killed by your computer while you are sleeping, do you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g231VBvcZ5s

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>>323973778
Somebody stop this mad man.

>>323973993
If my computer isn't in the same room as my bed I feel like I'm missing something.

>>323973469
Yep. I sleep with a heater fan and audiobooks playing at all times.

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>My computer never shuts down properly. Ever.
>Will only power off if I hit the power switch on the back.
>If I hold the power button down, it just restarts itself.
>Only fix is to get a new motherboard.

>>323974167
I keep my convertible on my bedstand but my desktop is downstairs.

>>323974101
This was a legit fear I had when I was little.

>>323972968
>needing to reboot on Windows

Nigga get with the times. That shit hasn't been necessary since XP.

>>323973993
>using cliche: the movie reaction image
try again, retard; and next time: use less salt

>>323974237
Shutting down with the shutdown command doesn't work?

>>323972968
>most people are Windowsfags which means they'd have to reboot every day to stop their piece of shit OS from slowing to a crawl.
This

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>>323974430

i read once that turning your computer off at night to save power is pointless because startup consumes hella power. that was like 8 years ago though and the guy who wrote it was probably wrong in the first place.

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>>323974314
>convertible

>buy new 980 for GTA V and hook it up
>PSU pops a capacitor the instant i hit the power button
>sounds like somebody just fired a fucking handgun in my room

haven't left my PC on while sleeping since then out of fear that it's going to burst into flames once i let my guard down

>>323974654
If you've never experienced Civ 5 on a touchscreen from the comfort of your bed, you haven't known comfy.

>>323974430
For telling someone to use less salt you sure seem salty as fuck. Also I'm sorry Mom and Dad won't let you move your desktop out of your room.

>>323974237
the case my motherboard is installed in is from a prebuilt, so i can't plug the case power switch into the motherboard

i have to take a different fucked up case, plug that power switch into my motherboard, and prop the two cases against each other in a T-shape

>>323974873
That does sound goddamn comfy

>>323974906
What, my mom and dad didn't let me have a PC in my fucking room cause they knew I'd be on it masturbating 24/7

>>323974920
wtf man

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>>323973469
>>323974215
I sleep with a fan as well, but sometimes this will happen to me and according to my doctor it's because of the fan. Nothing feels worse than waking up too early with extreme pain in your eye.

I gotta have it on when I sleep though.

>>323974873
No I"m drawing attention to convertible. Who the fuck says that?

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>always left old computer on at nights
>shitty fans were noisy now and then
>start making up voices from the fan sounds
>get new computer and move it to the living room

>>323975040
I don't actually blow it in my face, I just run it for the sound.

>>323975052
Well, it's not a laptop and it's not a tablet. What would you call it?

>>323975143
I have it pointed as far away from me as possible, it's just for the sound as well.
Still happens sometimes.

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>>323975040
do you sleep with your eyes open anon? the only thing a fan can fuck up is your throat if you sleep facing up, it's why I don't turn my ceiling fan on.

>>323973305
> have tinnitus thanks to being a moron when shooting
> turn fans and computer off at night
> eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I used to like complete silence too

It takes about 10 seconds to boot up so why shouldn't I shut it down over night?

Reading this thread makes me feel like I know very little about computers despite using them for many years, like most people around here. That whole thing about not turning your machine off ever, or keep a download on always whatever it might be, I don't think I understand why people do this. Is it just to save some minutes in the first case?

I have an old shitty desktop from 2007 I've been using every single day until last year that I'd turn off every night after I was done using it like you're "supposed" to do. Never had any problems with it.

I guess I'm just a very tame user.

>>323975303
>tinnitus
Huh, me too. I never made the connection between that and the need for constant white-noise but it does make sense.

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>tfw midtier laptop from 2010 still running strong
>tfw only time I turn it off is to clean the dust from the fans so it doesn't overheat

>>323975302
I think I sleep with them sort of halfway open. According to my eye doctor it happens because the fan dries out my eye and then my eyelid sticks to the surface of my eye and pulls at the cornea which I guess is what causes the pain. Shit isn't fun.

>>323975520
I have a feeling that for a lot of people, at least ones here, it's because they're so used to having the hum of their computers running next to them all day that they feel like they need it at night as well.

My PC boots in less than 10 seconds, why should I care about leaving it on?

>>323975684
Why not?

It makes practically no difference except it takes slightly more time to boot up than just having it already on.

Unless you care about the power bill.

>>323975823
>Unless you care about the power bill.
Well, yes. I do.

>>323975657
>because they're so used to having the hum of their computers running next to them all day that they feel like they need it at night as well.

That's a reasonable theory. I know I used to love silence and darkness, but ever since I blew my eardrums trying to be a badass and shot a bunch of guns without ear pro, I absolutely need some kind of noise in the background, the eeeeeee is maddening.

>>323974763
you probably got a shit PSU
a rule thumb on PSUs is to nevee cheap out on those things

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>>323973993
>turn bedroom pc off at night
>it's a lot colder and dead quiet

I need my gaming space heater.

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>leaving it open on night that you don't notice it when RAT starts operating
>giving the bad guy ample time to do evil stuff

>>323976023
This, go Corsair or go to hell

I spilled soup on this laptop, and if I put it to sleep it immediately wakes back up. If the keyboard drivers are installed, the shift-key is always down, but in months-gone-by it was any number of letters, and some still worked.

But here's the thing, if I turn it off, the drivers instantly reinstall, AND the first 10 minutes of the machine turning on is the mobo speaker going BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP because of the key's being pressed. I paid $70 to have it inspected and cleaned and the guy said "hey, it looked fixed when I was in there" but it still does it.

I can, however, put it into hibernate mode. And I got a free* usb keyboard from the guy, because he couldn't fix the problem or even find the problem.

*Free, of course, even though I paid $70.

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>he doesn't sleep in bed with his pc

>tfw computer auto wakes from sleep

seriously Ive done everything and I cant figure it out, all I find is "unknown wake"

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>>323976417
RUN

>>323973258
Or not live in a 3rd world shithole and have actual switches on your powerpoints.

>>323976417
>tfw stop setting computer in sleep mode because half the time it never wakes up and I have to reset it

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Nice computer guys

I put it on standby

>>323976417
Probably the mouse moving slightly.

I put mine on hibernate because I don't want it turning on at night. Bootup is pretty much the same as sleep anyway. I'll get an ssd someday so startup time will be a nonissue.

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What's even the advantage of keeping it on?

All I've seen was "so you don't have to wait for it to boot up." I don't care about it, as it's like 1-2 minutes and I can just grab something from the kitchen in that time as I usually do.

Is the power usage on hibernate that negligible, and if so, by how much?

I only ever leave it on out of sheer laziness.

>>323972276
Press power button
take off pants
PC ready to go

>>323973337
>>323976608
>being this retarded
A plugged in plug always pulls tiny bits of electricity you dumb nerds. Source: a fucking electrician.

My computer has been acting up lately. Whenever I turn it on from hibernate or just powering it back up I sometimes get a half-start (I have no word for this), what I mean is the computer powers up but half of my led and fan goes on, it won't show up on display either. Is it time for a new psu /v/?

>>323976728
>implying my computer isn't connected to a surge protected power strip

>>323976826

Ive disconnected everything befoe, still auto wakes

>>323973997

Nobody understood your post, but I do.

The thought that everything I do, even being alive, makes entropy increase is depressing.

Whatever though, eventually the entire universe will be completely dark and dead anyways regardless of us.

>>323976865
Not if you have switches on them you dumb americunt.

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>>323976728
>start DLing +50GB of elf porn
>go to work
>starts raining during noon
>come back home
>computer is off

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Just admit it. You fags only don't turn your computer off because you're too lazy to look at a reboot screen and since your life is tethered to your computer you're never sure when you don't need your PC. Even if you're in bed.

>>323973472
on windows os both sleep and hibernate are S3 mode.

I always hibernate then take the plug out.

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>>323976947
Nice bill guys

>>323976936
this has happened to me before and it was because of my power going while I was asleep.

>>323972968
>5 years
Why?
The PC I built now 10 years ago I was using until 3 years ago when I built my current one, I passed it down to my brother and it still plays 60fps/1080pon medium quality at this point for AAA titles, other titles are 60fps/1080p/high (like Rocket League). As long as you take care of, having to swap it that often isn't necessary unless there is a huge qualitative leap like what we should see soon with GPU 14nm tech

>>323976728
Wouldn't fuse protect against that?

>>323977001

I understand but I don't care. I could die a trillion deaths before that happened.

>>323974018
For me it's a clothes dryer. I don't need it to sleep, but if it's on it always makes me lethargic.

>>323976996
It's me anon, I'm showing all of your friends your sick fetish porn behind your back.

>>323977041
Its called a disconnect you faggot cunt.

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>>323972276
>torrents takes 2 nights to complete

fuck i need to change to fiber

>>323977107
no, your 10 year old computer does not play current AAA titles at 1080p medium 60fps. It just isn't possible, sorry.

>>323977118

>tfw

>>323976832
turning on an electronic device always results in a brief power surge which can cause a failing component to completely fail. Not really a huge concern with modern electronics. Your components are probably going to be long obsolete before they wear out.

>>323972878
If leaving your computer on at night raises your power bill perceptibly enough that it worth even having a second thought about, you need to reevaluate your life's choices and get a better job, poorfag.

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Daily reminder that a machine that is truly 'off' can never turn itself on.

>>323977275
This is going to turn into another circular-logic argument, isn't it?

>>323977226
It is, although I think at some point I updated the GPU about 7 years ago or so, I setup skidrow's DDDA release on it earlier.
Games that are as heavy in requirements like PoE also play fine.

>>323972878
My utilities are actually included in my rent at a flat fee. I have a media server that's on 24/7.

>>323976417
maybe it's using the internet? There was a setting I had to turn off to stop it from powering back on when I put mine on hibernate, but then again that was only for hibernate and I don't know if it's the same for sleep.

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>>323972276
>leaving your computer on during the summer

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>>323977061
True madman!

>turn computer off at night all my life
>decide to put it in sleep mode for once
>bright as shit pulsating blue LED when sleeping

t-thanks

>>323977275
le reevalutate life choices maymay

>>323973997
all matter that exists right now is already increasing the entropy of the universe. Why should I care

>>323977047
l-link?

>>323977418
Got... Got some sauce on that?

>>323974920
Rr you could just literally pull the switch out and not be retarded. It literally takes like.. 10 seconds of inspection to realize it pops right out. You guys really are fucking useless

>TFW Just replaced my GPU
>My old GPU looks like an ancient city

I hate cleaning PC Parts so much, you want to see it?

>>323977275

Not that guy, but lets say for the sake of argument that your computer pulls 1000 W because you run 2 AMD GPUs.

That'd be like $50 a month that you could spend on a good meal or something.

Rich people don't get rich by wasting money.

>>323977598

of course

>>323977208
holy shit I need to play her route now

>>323977090
power going out? How'd you fix it?

Apart from downloading stuff I usually turn my pc off every night and I've been using it almost everyday for 7 years. Only problem with it is that the fan goes apeshit trying to keep the cpu cool if my room isn't airconditioned and sometimes overheats and shuts off from playing games.

>>323977137

>friends

hahahahahahahaha

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>>323977362
>skidrow's DDDA

>>323976026
>be fjord viking
>winter
>forgot to turn floor heaters on
> -22°F outside
>turn computer off for the night
>cold slowly creeps from the window and fills the room over night
>wake up at 2 AM. 60°F in my room
FUCK THAT
>power mustardrace on
>room slowly regains comfy temperature of 75°F

I could alternatively get an actual heater but my computer works wonders

>>323972276

>letting harmful wifi rays cook your brain molecules while you sleep

Enjoy you cancer, you morons

>>323977618
>1000W
I don't usually run Crysis 3 at 4K while I'm sleeping

>wake up sleepy computer
>it fucking bluescreens out

Literally never crashes otherwise. Fuck it.

>>323977775
>wifi
What pleb uses wifi to connect to their desktop?

>>323977783
I used to just let my computer sleep.
Then it started booting itself randomly every night and I can't figure out why.
It gets shut down now.

my PC is in the same room as my bed. so unless im completely fucked and exhausted, i can't really sleep unless it's off.

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>computers can open doors

>>323977618
If you have a gold or higher rated power supply it will draw less than the power of a lightbulb at idle. Most people don't farm buttcoins 24/7 so 50$ is way off.

>>323977598
since you offered

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>>323977047
>leave GTA V downloading over night while I sleep
>have computer set to never shut down by itself
>wake up in morning to find the computer off
>boot it up and find it finished the DL successfully

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>>323977775
>wifi

I don't even expose my PlayStation 4 to that torment.

>>323977717
By power going out I meant my entire building.
Like you said before, it may be something wrong with your psu

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>>323977543
I wish I had.

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>>323977598
>>323977687
>>323978027

Please no bully

>>323978146

that really isn't that bad senpai

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guys. sometimes my computer doesnt turn off anymore. it just sits at the the default "logging off" page/window. is my pc broke ?

>>323977783
Me too anon, used to put PC on sleep every night before it started acting all wonky. I even tried reinstalling the OS, and it still doesn't work any better so it's some sort of BIOS/mobo issue I guess.

>>323977945
Wow. How can someone be so shitty at fucking sleeping?
Fucking casual sleeper.

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>>323973305
>can't sleep if there's sound
>put my computer in sleep mode anyway because fuck booting it up every day
>lying in bed
>just drifting off to slee-
>ERRR
>VWOOOOOOOO
>fucking computer randomly exits sleep mode
I have NO IDEA why this fucking happens but every time it does I"m angry as fuck.

>>323978146
It's not that bad honestly. I've seen way worse.
in my own computer

>>323976026
Surprisingly enough my PC doesn't emit that much heat. On the other hand, my PS3 could melt some ice caps.

>>323978390
i've got 4 fans nigger. plus the one in my GPU.

its kinda loud.

>>323978412
Thats why you leave it downloading something overnight, just torrent an uncensored JAV every night, that is what i do, i wake up and the first thing i do is masturbate to HD japanese pussy, feels good man.

>>323976612
haha they did the same thing with my grandpa

>>323978146
just buy compressed air bud, it makes cleaning pc parts 100x easier

>>323972276
>he doesn't unplug all electronics at night

>>323978754

Whats compressed air?

>>323978754
Compressed air is shithouse, it barely removes light dust let alone built up shit like the stuff on his card.

>>323977717
I thought I would hate her route, because I hate her personality and she's the least attractive, but I'm two choices in, and loving it. She's easily the most fun to bully.

>>323978146
Can of compressed air, or you can even get a little system instead of buyingthem if you clean as often as you should.

Realistically it being so poorly handled is part of the reason you would have required an upgrade sooner than normal and why people are generally under the impression that updates have to happen so often.

>>323979060
>not using the straw that comes with it
You are small time.

>>323975268
Anything that has his gpu on the same case as his monitor is clueless to glass expansion.
If you play it upside down one day it will rain glass on your jead

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>>323978412
Event viewer, Windows logs, check the latest entries for wake up calls. In most cases it's the lan card. Just deactivate the power features for it in the device manager.

>>323979060
You're using it wrong if you think so.

I'm not even joking, compessed air is seriously wonders whether caked uplike that or just one time, although if caked up like that you might want something a little stronger like http://www.amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-ED500-500-Watt-Electric/dp/B001J4ZOAW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1338115143&sr=8-3
I have this exact model and can vouch for it, don't put it too close as it is strong as fuck especially with nozzles on it.

>>323979060
You gotta use the straw

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>>323972276
I wish I can always turn on my computer. But I'm lazy to argue with my mom about that electricity bills.

>>323977275
Did no one else grow up with a father yelling to turn off the lights because it was spiking the power bill?

>>323979108

>Realistically it being so poorly handled is part of the reason you would have required an upgrade sooner than normal

isnt the 460 like 6 years old?

>play a multiplayer game
>accidently hibernate the computer and turn it back on
>manages to keep me on the server

How?

>>323979094
you just confirmed the reason why I want to play her route, everything about her screams "bully me!"

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>>323979252
I like to live dangerously, especially in bed.

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>tfw you clean everything out and apply new thermal paste
I attached some air filters to the outside of my intakes and now dust isn't an issue anymore.

>>323979189
>>323979316
>>323979309
Straw and all, shit's overrated, way cheaper and faster to just use someones air compressor.

>>323979047
It's like a can of reverse vaccum cleaner, it removes the dust like a champ

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>they go to sleep with the pulsating LED's going
>they waste hundreds on the power bill by keeping their pc on
Thats cute anons.

>>323979475
>way cheaper and faster to just use someones air compressor.
But anon...

>>323979536
And if you turn it upside down and spray it on your skin it'll feel nice.

>>323977947

Doubt you are still here, but on the off chance you are just want you to know I got a good hearty chuckle out of that

>>323979603
>I don't know how power supplies work
thats cute, anon

>>323979326
The electricity saved is honestly minimal.

You can actually run the numbers but I've also tested it one year on and one year off with minimal difference.

>>323979419
And?
I've got 760 and have no problems playing any game I want usually on high at 60fps on 1080p and I have 2 other monitors running misc apps on 1080p at same time.

>>323979475
It's really not, it's the safest way to clean that shit, and using an air compressor like the one I linked is a very cheap oalternative, it's what I would suggest in fact, but if you're not ready for that because of cost or whatever, just use the one time air cans.

I can tell you I've had mine for 5~ years now and I also let a teacher in my family borrow it to clean out their PCs at the school, as well as some family members from time to time, it hasn't shown any problems with slowing down at all.

I only clean out once every 6~ months because I leave my PC on and don't like to kill the record though.

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>>323977275
>tfw when every fucking cent counts

>>323979725
YOURE cute.

>>323973986
for what reason do you need colored leds? unless its from your mobo, no need.

Would a hoover work in getting rid of dust in my PC?

This thread sickens me

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>>323977947
Anyone else think he was handsome as fuck?

>>323976026
this nigerian acquaint gets it

>>323979941
I'll be damned if it didn't

>>323979962
Why? are you an e-fag?

>>323972276
>jacking up your parents power bill

You're a faggot.

>>323979941
Not as good as compressed air but it will take most of the dust off

>not having an ssd
>not having a computer that starts immediately when your press power

>>323972276
>contributing to climate change

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>>323978412
Don't look around your room too closely when that happens. I also recommend sleeping with your light on now.

>>323976173
EVGA g2 series is better than anything Corsair shills out

>>323972276
>sleeping

>>323980164
ahhhhhh

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>>323980121
That water's flowing down the hill whether I tun pc off or not.

>>323972276
Does your wife's son do this?

>>323980121
>caring about climate change

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>>323980164
>.gif

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>>323980164

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>>323980121
>climate change

>>323980376
It literally caused Isis and the migrant crisis.

>>323980115
>t. Dustoff™ employee.

>>323980361
How can his wife be his son

>>323980521
>voting republican

My computer takes 15 minutes to boot up and my gpu runs at a cool 70 degrees Celsius while idle
beat that nerds

>>323980541
kek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1wBkNjTKgs
>>323980574
>being American

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>>323980164
>.gif

no anon. NO

>all these light sleepers
Buncha pansies.

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>>323973305
>mocking bird from the other end of the street chirps literally all fucking night
>so loud it sounds like it's in my room

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I can not believe someone still refers to the electric bill. One has to be living in the fucking Somalia for that to be an issue. What the fuck?!
"You must have Mummy and Daddy paying for your electric bills"
Electricity has been cheap as fuck ever since the nuclear energy. Fuck all y'all.
If it's not cheap for you, you live in a fucking shithole.

>>323980164
>nothing happens
can't get fooled again

>>323980164
i opened it then closed it before anything happened
nothing happens right...?

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>>323980645
>268 KB

>>323980541

R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-REALLY!?

>>323976417
If you have Windows 10, it's a "feature". You can't even disable it through menus, you need to set /powercfg settings through command panel.

>>323973986
I know this feel. Only way to turn em off is to leave the front case fan unplugged. Fuck that.

>>323980840
>>323977275
>Just stop being poor!

You must have had life really, really well to not understand that that's simply not how things work.

>>323980641
Wow that was fucking cringe.

that said cleaning your stuff is something you should do, whether you buy throw away cans, use a vacuum or something similar (be VERY careful doing so), or purchase an air compressor like the one I linked earlier off of Amazon.

The purchase depends on you and how often you intend to use it. If you clean your PC fairly regularly, go for the air compressor. If you're going for it once but want it to be CLEAN go for the throw away compressed air can (and use it properly or it's a fucking waste), if you don't care and just want to clean some of the dust off cause you've ignored it for years, use a vacuum cleaner but be careful.

Never use a swiffer or anything else, or so help me Woden.

>>323972276
>keep computer on 24/7
>wonder why your computer dies so early
wew lad

>>323975143
>>323975275
>tfw when australian and fans are needed unless you want to die from heat in the night

>>323980840
Florida here, $10/kWh, it's not terrible but it's not great.

Unfortunately electric company monopolize usually, so at least in my area this leads to MUCH higher prices once you go over your first 1000 kWh per month.

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>>323976417
Turn your updates off. Fucking PC knows when to do it's updates and wakes up to do them.

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>>323980164

am I the only one that cleans my pc with a leaf blower?

>>323973305
Each time I've tried to sleep in my room with it completely dark some kind of ghost or something messes with me. I don't want to deal with it anymore

>>323981136
Get an air conditioner anon.

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>keep computer on desk because fuck the floor
>always cold because of all the fans

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>>323981001
..you live in a shithole. Fuck you!

Just turn it off

Other for a download why leave it on?

Stupid question, Does sitting a small fan next to your pc blowing into it actually cool it down?

>>323981131
That's not how it works at all.

I don't turn mine off and my PCs all have lasted as hand me downs that get handed down again, poor care has nothing to do with leaving it on or not, that'll only effect a few easily changed parts like HDDs.

>>323981261
Hopefully you tie down your fan blades with zip ties or your fan motors must be blown the fuck out
>>323981321
Would your feet be warm by all the heat exhaust?

>>323977061
Does this actually do anything? I don't want my shit fucked.

>>323979738
>I've got 760
A 460 is not a 760.

>>323981550
Yeah, it blows out the power supply if you don't switch it off.

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>>323981276

>Each time I've tried to sleep in my room with it completely dark some kind of ghost or something messes with me.

>>323981645
It's happened multiple times

>>323981276
I got cockblocked by a ghost once

>>323981619
Obviously.

At 6 years he doesn't need to update though, he just needs to keep his shit up to date and most important properly cleaned

I figured it was bad for your computer to leave it on 24/7/365

I feel guilty wasting electricity anyways

>>323979379
>4chan
>Anons having fathers

>>323979887
are you stupid? blue leds cool off your computer while red leds make it faster but produce more heat

>>323981770
Was it her /x/?

>not telling your PC "goodnight" before going to bed

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>>323973986
>My computer has fucking bright blue LEDs. Try sleeping with that shit on, faggot.

fun fact, blue light has been scientifically proven to reduce how well people and animals sleep.

I know this because one of my dorm mates back in college was a bio major who worked with mice in the uni sleep lab and was testing for that very thing [incidentally dim red lights are good to have around while you sleep], and because he had this bright blue desk clock that would shine directly at me while I slept, or tired to sleep. When I pointed this out to him pic related was his reaction. he apologized and let me put a book in front of the clock when I went to sleep [significantly later than he did]

>>323981726
Ghosts doesn't real, anon.

>not naming your PC

>>323981276
It's called sleep paralysis anon, I get it and a I fucking hate that shit.

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>>323981881
I appreciate your pun, anon

>>323982075
I always name my PC "Anon's PC"

>>323982075

>Not fucking your PC's cd rom slot

step it up anon

>>323972276
>Laptop
>just closes it shut without powering down
>plugged into wall

This good?

>>323981491
Heat always transfers from high temperature to another region of lower temperature. Since your computer doesn't sweat like humans do, it's all about transfering the heat energy away from the components..
..Yes, it should work if you have overheating issues

>>323978146
Nigga i had that exact same one. Died gloriously in battle. I put it on a boat, set fire to it, and tossed it down a waterfall.

>>323972609
if you turn your pc off and off at the wall, it wont use electricity at all.

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http://youtubeonrepeat.com/watch/?v=cE5erINBHsE

>tfw falling asleep comfy

I used to leave it on, but one day a lightning toasted the whole thing and I lost everything. Since then I unplug everything before leaving.

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>>323981974
>Not kissing your PC before sleeping

>>323981491
It'll do a bit, but nothing meaningful. I suppose if you only need to bring temps down 1 degree to keep it from shutting off, it might work.

>>323982470
>All those high pitched engine noises
Not a chance.

>>323982576

>TFW I kiss my pc before sleeping
>My PC is a guy

:3

>>323982231
>cd-rom slot
what is this, 1998?

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>>323973623

>>323982873

CD-Rom, DVD-Rom, Blu-Ray

Same hole, different name

Do you think your PC learns to love you, after helping you masturbate over a thousand times? Or does it live in fear?

>>323982692
is it not gender fluid, how does your PC feel about being called a guy?

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>>323982576

I play music on my computer while I sleep.

I turn the monitor off though

>>323983032
Helping you masturbate? with what? its cpu fan?

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>>323981839
QUIT MUKKIN' ABOUT YA GIT

>>323982998
Ah, so this is how bisexuals think

>>323983316

>You will never be an orc

;-;

>>323973847
>Responden to an obvious troll

>>323972276
Thanks to my SSD rebooting isn't an issue, so I shut it down. Especially because my computer randomly doesn't dump RAM correctly, so it helps with that.

Also, fuck the LED lights on my computer at night, I like complete darkness when I sleep!

>>323983403
being a psychic vegetable would be pretty great

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>>323983241
>hughes

>>323983241
Hughes a best girl

>>323982993
new home screen

>>323980853
Take a closer look at the clothes on the right side

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>set up the alarm
>turn power off
>cellphone doesn't turn on when the alarm is supposed to play

WHY the fuck man
Even my 15 year old Nokia does this

>>323973617
Except, unless you have some enormous super computer, that really won't have an impact on your bill. Maybe a couple dollars, but that's it.

>>323973997
Good.
Some men wanna watch existence burn.

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>>323972276
my amp pulls more than my idling computer
>foobar plugin commands pc to sleep at certain time
>I set sleep to 90m on remote for amp and lay down

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>Starts to worry by letting PC on too much time
>Power it off after months
>Next day
>Try to turn it on
>Nothing
>PC is gone

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When my fans start after being off for too long they start making a grinding noise.

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>>323984861
>8 cents per kwh
Sometimes I wish I lived in a third world country like China or the US where electricity costs nothing. I pay 0.22€/kWh which must be like five dollars.

>>323984875
HORRIFIED that will happen

vacations are hard

>>323973305

Same here. I have to use a mask and look like a fag while I sleep because there's some light pollution outside my window, but fuck if I don't sleep peacefully in pitch darkness.

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>>323982576
>tfw nanami still wishes me an oyasumi every night even after all these years

I'm never upgrading from win7.

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>>323985474
>there's some light pollution outside my window
Could you explain

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>>323985581
I'll leave you once a true Windows OS comes out.
Until then, I'm staying with you.

>>323985474
>light pollution
are you living in Metro LL video game?

>>323985678

>Light pollution, also known as photopollution or luminous pollution, is excessive, misdirected, or obtrusive artificial light.

>>323985678
Too much light outside the window at night. Like streetlights and shit like that.

>>323985678
You know how you can barely see the stars at night in the metro, but if you went out into the country side and you can see millions? that's a result of people littering in the sky

>>323985776
>>323985845
I live by an airport. The rotating white beacon would shine directly into my bedroom so I completely cover my window with cardboard.

>>323981491
yes. it might help a great deal. the dust tho...

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>>323985845
>>323986009
>>323986029
I get it, I was thinking something different than Light pollution. Thanks for clearing that up anons.

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>>323985581
But the nanami theme also works on win8.1 I know it because i'm using it

My computer is in my room and I live in Florida.

I'll melt in my sleep...if I ever fall asleep at all.

>>323982031

makes sense when you think about it, morning light is very blue.

I unplug every single thing in my house when I'm not using it. Over a lifetime it saves you a few thousand bucks.

>>323985681
Holy shit this was so easy to find with the &safe=off trick.

>>323986429
>over a lifetime
Please be b8.

>Ctrl+F NAS
>0 results

/v/ confirmed for fucking plebs

>>323985581

>windows media remote

nice, I had one of those

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>leaving your refrigerator plugged in at night

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>HDD plebs

>>323986561
Still not working for me bub and I already changed it in the settings. Care to share?

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>>323986668
>Letting your food rot

>>323986928
https://hitomi.la/galleries/587922.html

>comparing the amount of trickle power drawn from an off computer to one fully running

Is this a meme?

>>323987107
Danke

>>323986996
>leaving your food plugged in

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>>323972276
Joey aged nicely.
Joey > Chandler > Ross > Monica > Rachel > Phoebe

>>323986429
>tfw my mom did this
>Im a super autist about clocks/time
NOPE FUCK THAT UNPLUGGING THE MICROWAVE, CLOCK, THE TV, YOUR PC, YOUR PS2 AND THE RADIO

>>323976183
boy i bought a new keyboard for $4

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>Leave computer on at night
>Wake up at 3 in the morning feeling like the sun just got an inch closer to earth

>>323981145
>$10/kWh
so keeping a 100 watt light bulb on for a month would cost you $73000?
pretty rough

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>>323986429
>Over a lifetime it saves you a few thousand bucks.

Every time you turn it off brings it one step closer to never turning on again

>>323988012
The sun being an inch closer to earth wouldn't be all that noticeable. I know the image you're referring to, though.

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For all of you who need noise at night:

http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/rainNoiseGenerator.php

and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_-OTZHBIuE

>>323988482
Every time you go to sleep brings you one step closer to never waking up again.

>>323972878
>it's ok to waste electricity if parents are paying for it
You sicken me.

>>323988852
That's why I never sleep

>>323988852
If you never slept at all your brain would actually eat itself

>>323988961
What

>>323972276
talking seriously, that parents talk about PC consuming too much electricity is true?
asume is just a regular pc with 1 monitor and a decent speakers.

>>323988961
actually there's scientific evidence that says you don't need to sleep.

>>323989020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_familial_insomnia

>>323973305
i use to be this way but i slowly conditioned myself to deal with it. The hum of a computer fan is kinda soothing. But only if the speed remains consistent. If it speeds up randomly my peace is ruined..